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Is Evil Necessary? - Lost Liberty Café by Joey Carlisle http://www.lostlibertycafe.com/index.php/2009/04/10/is-evil-necessary/ Changing the name for "government" won't get rid of its extortion racket and other rights violations... FDR's 'Statism is Dead' makes the Freedom Force Report for June and July 2009 http://freedomainradio.com/board/forums/t/21237.aspx CRISIS AND LEVIATHAN: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government by Robert Higgs http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=15 When government violates your person and property, who protects you? The boogeyman of anarchy (fear) prevents people from thinking critically A stateless society will have FAR less criminality, courtesy of property owners and a justice-oriented culture Real security is provided by other people in the marketplace Those who fear the alleged ills of anarchism are those who embrace and perpetuate the vast ills of statism It's the perceived legitimacy granted to the warlords and gangsters in government that matters most Withdraw your moral sanction, and Colossus will be destined fall... The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie http://mises.org/MultiMedia/mp3/audiobooks/Boetie/Boetie_Introduction.mp3 If God were to exist, why would he/it allow evil? Ah, the "free will" escape hatch! Beware philosophizing in midstream--the realm of supernatural metaphysics (non-perception, non-consciousness, non-reason) Moral Orel theme song - http://www.markrivers.net/songs/heart.html shows: http://www.adultswim.com/shows/moralorel/index.html Faith is setting aside reason and what you know to be true You were told to believe in and take bites out of "invisible apples," as Stefan Molyneux has astutely noted: http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/how_to_control_a_human_soul.mp3 also in the book Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR Omniscience, omnipotence, and infallibility are invalid concepts (impossible) http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyourownima.html Religion is a primitive form of philosophy - http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/religion.html We must use our (fallible) senses in concert with reason to understand more and more of reality http://www.logicallearning.net/libanissueofmort.html Understanding emotions is key: http://www.logicallearning.net/libemotions.html Religion gives every grown adult a pass for the evils that they perpetrate (because evil's in our "nature") Evil defined: To initiate force, which nullifies the choices of a sovereign consciousness http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/evil.html Evasion is the precursor to evil actions - http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/evasion.html ~40% out-of-wedlock births, from Taking Marriage Private By Stephanie Coontz - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/opinion/26coontz.html Fear of not being able to survive and lack of self-esteem contribute to the meme of "necessary evil" In survival mode, morality is most nee